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Discover Knysna , Knysna's only permitted close encounter whale watching operation, skilfully showcases whales & dolphins during their tours. Their highly competent skippers possess in-depth knowledge of this dynamic marine environment, ensuring an enlightening experience. Ocean Odyssey's Marine Eco Tour serves to highlight both the geological characteristics and the biodiversity of Knysna's estuarine and marine environment. Tours include various historical and cultural anecdotal tales of the area as well as information about the wonderful web of life that exists above and beneath the surface of this watery world. The tour is designed for both holiday revellers and nature enthusiasts alike and memorable experience for all!

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Discover Knysna , Knysna's only permitted close encounter whale watching operation, skilfully showcases whales & dolphins during their tours. Their highly competent skippers possess in-depth knowledge of this dynamic marine environment, ensuring an enlightening experience. Ocean Odyssey's Marine Eco Tour serves to highlight both the geological characteristics and the biodiversity of Knysna's estuarine and marine environment. Tours include various historical and cultural anecdotal tales of the area as well as information about the wonderful web of life that exists above and beneath the surface of this watery world. The tour is designed for both holiday revellers and nature enthusiasts alike and memorable experience for all!

Our first trip was in the morning and we had no luck. We knew that there were no guarantees to spot them, so we just accepted the fact that we hadn't seen any. When we arrived back at the shop the owner saw how deeply...More

A very well organised business with a skipper and a spotter on board as well as a spotter based on the cliffs. We had high expectations given that the skipper said they had seen a family of 5 whales during the morning excursion. Although we...More

A really professional and we'll run operation. The advantage they have over other similar operators elsewhere is that they put a whale spotter, with a radio link to the boat skipper, up on a high vantage point on shore to locate the whales whilst the...More

Went on the water yesterday, a split-second decission because we were just passing by as a boat was leaving.great tour...nice boatride and of course humpback wales. What a beautifull creatures. Big thanks for this experience!

After two failed attempts (we had to turn back due to inclement sea condiitons), we were lucky on the third try. The ride was quite bumpy, but we got used to it after a while and saw dolphins and whales. The whales put an amazing...More

I first two trips were put back due to inclement sea conditions. Got out at the third attempt and although a little bumpy was well worth the wait. We encountered and had good views of both Southern Right and Humpback Whales. A couple of dolphins...More

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EvelynP514, Owner at Ocean Odyssey, responded to this reviewResponded 11 August 2017

Thanks for your review, we are having a fabulous whale watching season in 2017 and so glad that our guests have had such great sightings!

Although we only got a glimpse of the whales as they were a little shy on the day, we saw about a hundred dolphins which was more than satisfying and were given a tour of other parts around the heads. Stefan was incredibly knowledgable about...More

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EvelynP514, Owner at Ocean Odyssey, responded to this reviewResponded 11 August 2017

Thank you for taking the time to give us a review, we are glad that you had a great trip!

We went out today on a boat of 11, from start to finish we were well looked after and had the best trip ever.
Our captain Johannes (hope that's spelt right) was both knowledgeable and engaging. He made us feel very safe on the boat...More

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EvelynP514, Owner at Ocean Odyssey, responded to this reviewResponded 16 July 2017

Thank you for sharing your experience and the compliments to our staff I will be carrying it over to them for sure!
I am glad that you had a wonderful trip with us, we are having a fabulous whale season there have been fabulous sightings....More

We did the 2 hour whale watching ride one afternoon from 3-5 pm - a family of 5 including 3 kids ages 10-11. We all took seasickness tabs 30 min prior, and I'd strongly recommend that. The sea had a lot of swells, and if...More

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EvelynP514, Owner at Ocean Odyssey, responded to this reviewResponded 16 July 2017

Thanks for your review, we are glad that you got to see such a wide variety of marine life on your trip. When dealing with wildlife, we always have to remember that it is more up to them than it is to us as to...More

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